Suzanne Whitby

Founder of SciComm Success.
Communicator, facilitator, storyteller.

Suzanne Whitby works at the intersection of science, society, storytelling, and sustainability. A communication expert with more than 20 years of international experience, she specialises in communicating complexity and helping scientists and researchers share their work with clarity and confidence.

Since 2012, Suzanne has designed and delivered training, facilitation, and strategy sessions for thousands of researchers in academia, industry, and science communication. She is a lively, engaging trainer and moderator known for incisive feedback, creative methods, and empathy for the pressures of research life.

Her clients have included EU Horizon and European Green Deal projects; universities such as Cambridge, Innsbruck, and Kiel; businesses like Prysmian, Genentech, and Sanford Burnham Prebys; and organisations such as the UN, CERN, and the Society for Experimental Biology.

Suzanne is an experienced foresight practitioner and facilitator and founder of Futures Fit, where she helps science-led organisations and university spin-offs think strategically about uncertain futures. She brings this futures-oriented lens to her SciComm work, supporting research teams and communication professionals to plan strategically, engage meaningfully, and connect science to action.

An interdisciplinary researcher affiliated with VU Amsterdam, she explores experiential and sensory approaches to climate communication and citizen engagement. She holds degrees in Philosophy, Classics, and is completing a PhD in heritage and sensory studies.

Originally from South Africa, Suzanne now lives in Innsbruck, Austria, with her rather marvellous husband (if she does say so herself!). She is a voracious reader, storyteller, scuba diver, sailor, and self-described “fish hugger” with an insatiable curiousity about people and the world around us, and a love of unexpected discoveries and deep conversations.